sort

sort
I [sɔːt]
nome
1) (kind, type) tipo m., sorta f., genere m.

all sorts of people — tutti i tipi di persone

board games, chess, that sort of thing — giochi di società, scacchi e cose del genere

that's my sort of holiday — è la vacanza che fa per me

I'm not that sort of person — non sono il tipo

this must be some sort of joke — dev'essere uno scherzo

an odd sort of chap un tipo strano; any sort of knife will do va bene un coltello qualsiasi; what sort of person would do such a thing? chi mai farebbe una cosa del genere? what sort of person do you think I am? per chi mi prendi? what sort of a reply is that? che (razza di) risposta è? you know the sort of thing (I mean) sai cosa voglio dire; a liar of the worst sort un bugiardo della peggior specie; something of that o the sort una cosa così, una cosa del genere; "I'll pay" - "you'll do nothing of the sort!" "pago io" - "neanche per sogno!"; I know his sort conosco il tipo; we see all sorts here ne vediamo di tutti i colori qui; he's a good sort — è un buon uomo

2) of sorts, of a sort

a duck of sorts o of a sort una specie di anatra; a hero of sorts una sorta di eroe; progress of sorts — un qualche progresso

3) sort of (a bit)

sort of cute — piuttosto carino

to sort of understand — capire abba stanza

"is it hard? - "sort of" — "è difficile?" - "abbastanza", "più o meno"; (approximately)

sort of blue — che dà sul blu

it just sort of happened — è semplicemente successo

••

to be o feel out of sorts (ill) essere fuori fase; (grumpy) avere la luna storta; it takes all sorts (to make a world) — prov. il mondo è bello perché è vario

II [sɔːt]
verbo transitivo
1) (classify, arrange) classificare, ordinare [files, stamps]; smistare [letters]; selezionare [apples, potatoes]

to sort books into piles — dividere i libri in pile

2) (separate) separare, dividere
* * *
[so:t] 1. noun
(a class, type or kind: I like all sorts of books; She was wearing a sort of crown.) sorta, tipo
2. verb
(to separate into classes or groups, putting each item in its place: She sorted the buttons into large ones and small ones.) ordinare, classificare, smistare
- of a sort / of sorts
- out of sorts
- sort of
- sort out
* * *
I [sɔːt]
nome
1) (kind, type) tipo m., sorta f., genere m.

all sorts of people — tutti i tipi di persone

board games, chess, that sort of thing — giochi di società, scacchi e cose del genere

that's my sort of holiday — è la vacanza che fa per me

I'm not that sort of person — non sono il tipo

this must be some sort of joke — dev'essere uno scherzo

an odd sort of chap un tipo strano; any sort of knife will do va bene un coltello qualsiasi; what sort of person would do such a thing? chi mai farebbe una cosa del genere? what sort of person do you think I am? per chi mi prendi? what sort of a reply is that? che (razza di) risposta è? you know the sort of thing (I mean) sai cosa voglio dire; a liar of the worst sort un bugiardo della peggior specie; something of that o the sort una cosa così, una cosa del genere; "I'll pay" - "you'll do nothing of the sort!" "pago io" - "neanche per sogno!"; I know his sort conosco il tipo; we see all sorts here ne vediamo di tutti i colori qui; he's a good sort — è un buon uomo

2) of sorts, of a sort

a duck of sorts o of a sort una specie di anatra; a hero of sorts una sorta di eroe; progress of sorts — un qualche progresso

3) sort of (a bit)

sort of cute — piuttosto carino

to sort of understand — capire abba stanza

"is it hard? - "sort of" — "è difficile?" - "abbastanza", "più o meno"; (approximately)

sort of blue — che dà sul blu

it just sort of happened — è semplicemente successo

••

to be o feel out of sorts (ill) essere fuori fase; (grumpy) avere la luna storta; it takes all sorts (to make a world) — prov. il mondo è bello perché è vario

II [sɔːt]
verbo transitivo
1) (classify, arrange) classificare, ordinare [files, stamps]; smistare [letters]; selezionare [apples, potatoes]

to sort books into piles — dividere i libri in pile

2) (separate) separare, dividere

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